NASA selects Indian origin Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for human spaceflight. Williams has been named for the uline{1cm} programme to the International Space Station.

2018

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NASA selects Indian origin Sunita Williams among 9 astronauts for human spaceflight. Williams has been named for the _________ programme to the International Space Station.

A	Boeing
B	Gemini
C	Apollo
D	Mercury

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary: Sunita (Suni) L. Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a veteran of two space missions, Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Crew 3” includes two members of NASA’s latest graduating class of astronauts – Raja Chari, 44, a U.S. Air Force combat jet and test pilot serving as mission commander, and mission specialist Kayla Barron, 34, a U.S. Navy submarine officer and nuclear engineer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, who works for NASA, recently returned from a six-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS).

Detailed explanation-4: -On December 9, 2006, Williams flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery on the STS-116 mission to the ISS, where she was a flight engineer for Expeditions 14 and 15.

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